>> we're here for your freedom. so back up right now. >> by 2008, the iraq war was seen as america's worst foreign policy debacle since vietnam. in the primary against hillary clinton -- >> i was opposed to iraq from the start. >> -- senator obama never let voters forget that he had been on the right side of history. >> i don't want to just end the war, but i want to end the mind-set that got us into the war in the first place. that's the kind of leadership i intend. >> senator, that's a clear swipe at you. >> really? >> i've come to speak to you about how the war in iraq will end. >> less than six weeks after he was inaugurated, he told the troops his plans for withdrawal. >> i intend to remove all u.s. troops from iraq by the end of 2011. god bless the united states of